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(No Model.)

G. E. MoGLINOHEY.

VELOGIPEDE SADDLE.

Patented Sept. 29, 1891.

3% W WM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. MCGLINCHEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNCR TO CHARLES F.STOKES, OF SAME PLACE.

VELOClPEDE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,279, datedSeptember 29, 1891.

Serial No. 397,085. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MCGLIN- CHEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new'and useful lmprovementinVelocipede-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a saddle of improved construction for use uponvelocipedes, and more especially upon Safety bicyles, which shall beparticularly light, strong, durable, and comfortable for the rider,capable of adjustment to riders of different weights, and also toregulate the tension of the seat or cover.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved saddle;Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same with the seat removed and with thecantle shown partly in section, and Fig. 3 a view in elevation of adetail.

A is a socket-bearing, havingalower opening 25, which fits in the usualway over the saddle-support of the bicycle, and to which it is securedby means of the set-screw f. The socket-bearing is also provided with anupper rectangular slot .9 and set-screw s.

B is a flat substantially U-shaped spring, the arms r and q of which maybe of about equal length. The lower arm 0" of the spring fits snugly butloosely through the socket s of the socket-bearing, and is secured inplace by the set-screw s. The upper arm q of the spring is deflectednear its free end to produce an offset g, which afiords a bearing for alongitudinallyadjustable brace C. The brace C is curved, as shown, andmay be of stiff metal. In the offset (1 of the spring is an elongatedslot g and the brace C is adjustably secured thereto by a nut-bolt p,which passes through the said slot and through a bolt-hole in theadjacent end portion of the brace. The forks of the brace C shown fit attheir ends into socket-pieces 0 on the cantle D. The socket-pieces 0 areopen at their inner or adjacent sides, and closed, as shown, by walls attheir outer sides. The forks of the brace C fit snugly into the socketsof the socketpieces 0 against the side walls of the latter, and the saidside walls by their contact with the forks prevent the cantle fromsliding in either direction or rattling on its bearings. Secured bybolts n upon the spring B forward of the shoulder g is a curvedseattensioning spring E, to the free end of which the seat F is securedat its forward end.

Owing to the way the spring E is secured in place upon the spring 13, asdescribed, it may be quicklyand easily removed, when desired, andreplaced by another of greater or less resistance.

Constructed as described, the saddle affords a "particularly desirableand comfortable seat for the rider. It is comparatively light in weight,and, moreover, has the appearance of lightness, which commends it tobicycle-riders. The spring B may be lengthened or shortened, asdesired,'to accommodate itself to the weight of the rider by adjustingit in the socket-bearing A, and the tension of the seat F may beregulated by loosening the bolt 19 in the slot g and sliding the brace Con the spring to lengthen or shorten it, as desired.

VVhileI prefer to have the end portion of the spring B deflected, asdescribed, to produce the ofiset for the brace C to rest upon, this isnot a necessary construction, and may be dispensed with, and the slotqmay obviously be in the brace C instead of the spring and effect thesame result.

hat 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a velociped e-saddle, the combination, with the saddle-bearing Aand seat, of a cantle D, provided with socket-pieces 0, a substantiallyU-shaped spring B, adj ustably secured near one end to the bearing A,abifurcated brace C, fitting at its bifurcated end into the sockets ofthe socket-pieces 0 and extending toward its opposite end forward anddownward and there adjustably secured to the free end of the spring B,and a spring E, secured at one end to the front end of the seat and atits opposite end portion to the spring B in advance of the brace C,substantially as described.

2. In a velocipede-saddle, the combination, with the saddle-bearing Aand seat, of a substantially U-shaped spring B, adj ustably secured nearone end to the bearing A,acantle D, a brace C, fitting at one endagainst the spring B in advance of the brace C, substancantle andextending toward its opposite end tially as described.

forward and downward and there adj ustably 1 v T secured to the free endof the spring B, and CHARLES MCGLLN-GHEX' 5 a spring E, attached at oneend to the front In presence of end of the seat and at its opposite endpor- J. WV. DYRENFORTH,

tion removably secured by bolts 11 upon the M. J. FROST.

